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477. — B.plumosum Swartz. Hypnum plumosumSw., Wils., Berk., Hobk. 

 On sandstone rocks, &c, very rare. On stone coping of canal bridge, 

 near Olton ! 



478. — Eurhynchium myosuroides L. Isothecium myosuroides Brid., Wils. 

 Hypnum myosuroides Brid., Berk , Hobk. On trunks of trees, rocks, 

 &c, rather local. On ash trees, near Sherbourne ! Bearley Bushes, 

 on young trees ! Haywoods ! Chesterton Wood ! November. 



482. — E. striatum Schreb. Hypnum striatum Schreb., Wils., Berk., Hobk. 

 Woods and shady banks, local. Solihull ! abundant in Drayton 

 Bushes ! Snitterfield and Bearley Bushes ! Chesterton Wood in 

 fruit ! Shirley ! November. 



484. — E. pilifcrum Schreb. Hypnum pilifcrum Schreb, Wils., Berk., Hobk. 

 Shady marly banks, very local. Olton Canal bank ! Canal bank 

 near tunnel under Shrewley Heath, abundant ! 



485. — E. speciosum Brid. Hypnum speciosum Brid., Wils., Berk., Hobk. On 

 roots of trees near water, very rare. Coppice by Windley Pool, 

 Sutton Park, in fine fruit, 1870 ! January. 



487. — E. Swartzii Turn. Hypnum Sivartzii Turn., Wils., Berk., Hobk. 

 Damp banks in a marly or calcareous soil, local. Sutton Park ! 

 Coppice near New Park ! Drayton Bushes ! In a drain, lane from 

 Middleton to Kingsbury ! Abundant on lias bank near Kineton ! 



November. 



488. — E. prcelonyum Dill. Hypnum prcelonyum L., Wils., Hobk., Berk- 

 Shady banks, woods, &c, frequent. Sutton Park! Acocks Green! 

 Water Orton ! &c. November. 



4S9. — E. pumilum Wils. Hypnum pumilum Wils., Berk., Hobk. Shady 

 and marly banks, local. Bank near Middleton ! Olton Canal bank ! 

 In fruit, near Solihull, on the way for Bentley Heath, abundant ! 



November. 



490. — E. Teesdalii Sm. Hypnum Teesdalii Sm., Wils., Berk., Hobk. Very rare. 

 " In a moist shady place, between Oversley Green and the Mill, 

 upon the upper bank," Purton. I have not succeeded in finding 

 this moss in the place indicated, and am unable to refer to Purton's 

 specimen. 



(To be continued.) 



ENTOMOLOGICAL EAMBLES IN THE MIDLANDS. 

 HL— OLTON, SOLIHULL, AND KNOWLE. 



BY W. G. BLATCH. 



The month of April, with its mingling of cloud and sunshine, warmth 

 and cold, wet and dry, typifies to some extent the state of an 

 Entomologist's mind at this interesting season of the year. Hope and 

 foreboding, ardour and indifference, regret and resolve, alternately occupy 

 his thoughts, according to the point of view from which he looks forward 

 to the coming season, or reviews the results of his labours during the 

 past. Hopefulness, however, is his prevailing mood, and, as surely as 

 the sunshine of summer dispels wintry gloom, this perennial quality 

 asserts its dominion over every dismal feeling. A few genial flashes of 

 sunshine, the bright young green of the budding hedgerows, the gradual 

 resurrection of insect life, have an irresistible influence— awakening the 



